diff --git a/gold/ChangeLog b/gold/ChangeLog
index 7b510f1531..22f549b36d 100644
--- a/gold/ChangeLog
+++ b/gold/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2008-06-23  Craig Silverstein  <csilvers@google.com>
+
+	* version.cc (version_string): Bump to 1.7
+
 2008-06-18  Craig Silverstein  <csilvers@google.com>
 
 	* powerpc.cc (Powerpc_relocate_functions::addr16_ha): cast
diff --git a/gold/version.cc b/gold/version.cc
index e86fd1c69d..0e938f715f 100644
--- a/gold/version.cc
+++ b/gold/version.cc
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ namespace gold
 // version number from configure.ac.  But it's easier to just change
 // this file for now.
 
-static const char* version_string = "1.6";
+static const char* version_string = "1.7";
 
 // Report version information.